There’s an app for that.
Mobile apps focused on health and fitness help users track their physical activity, monitor their diet, set fitness goals, and access workout routines
So what does an app designed for vestibular patients do?
It depends.
There are several options out there. Some have been developed by researchers to collect data while also supporting patients’ ability to track their symptoms, and others have been developed by patients themselves who wanted to give back to the vestibular community.
This article is not an exhaustive list of apps developed with vestibular patients in mind, but it will give you some options to choose from depending on your goals.
Vertige
Vertige was created by Vestibular Migraine and Meniere’s patient, Kristy Carabello. During her recovery journey, Kristy began tracking her symptoms and triggers on paper. “I began noticing patterns and identifying triggers that exacerbated my symptoms, such as certain foods, hormones, and stress,” says Kristy. “Surprisingly, I couldn’t find an app specifically designed to track vertigo episodes, which inspired me to create one myself. As they say, necessity is the mother of invention!”
After answering five onboarding questions and entering your diagnosis, the Freemium version allows you to track episodes by ranking the following symptoms low, moderate, high, or severe: vertigo, headache, dizziness, off-balance. It also provides you with daily and weekly summary reports and charts.
The Premium version, which is $7.99/month or $59.99/year, also includes health, environment, and food logs. Under “Health,” you can track menstruation, movement/mindfulness, medication, and sleep. Under “Environment,” you can track weather, screen time, stress, barometric pressure, allergy level, and pollen count. If you turn on “location tracker,” all of these (except stress) will be filled in automatically. Under “Food,” you can track caffeine beverage intake, water intake, and trigger foods. There are also additional fields in the episode log, including head pressure, tinnitus, ear fullness, ear affected, and nausea/vomiting.
Available for iPhone only.
Disclosures: Kristy Carabello is a VeDA volunteer. VeDA is partnering with Kristy on a clinical trial using the Vertige app to examine correlations between vestibular symptoms and environmental influences.
BREA
BREA (formerly BEqualise) is a science-informed connected wellness system built to help people improve breathing, regulate the nervous system, restore balance, and support daily recovery through a wearable belt paired with a companion mobile app. Originally developed from vestibular medicine and neurological rehabilitation research, the BREA belt provides real-time breathing biofeedback and portable balance monitoring, helping users better understand and respond to their body’s signals in the moment. The app complements the device with guided breathing exercises, grounding practices, symptom tracking, educational content, and personalized recovery routines—making tools once limited to clinical settings more accessible for everyday use, particularly for people living with dizziness, imbalance, stress, or related nervous system dysregulation.
Apo
The goal of Apo Tech Care is to reduce the burden of monitoring disease and facilitate collaboration between patients and their healthcare providers. Apo was created by a migraine patient in cooperation with vestibular healthcare professionals.
After answering a series of intake questions, you can record an episode by filling in start time, duration, medication taken, impact, triggers, and associated signs. The app then synthesizes this data and produces a report that can be printed out as a PDF and shared with your doctor, listing key indicators for monitoring vertigo and dizziness. A calendar and history of your episodes are also available, along with links to some patient education resources. Doctors can also connect directly to the app to receive immediate reports of their participating patients’ recorded episodes.
The app is available for free in several languages, including English, French, Spanish, and Italian; Portuguese and German are coming soon.
Apo aims to use anonymized patient-reported data for future research.
Available for iPhone and Android.
Steady Path
Steady Path is a free iOS app designed to help individuals manage vertigo and Meniere’s disease by tracking symptoms and identifying triggers. Developed by Javier Diaz, who personally experiences these conditions, the app offers a user-friendly interface for logging episodes, monitoring patterns, and visualizing data to better understand the behavior of vertigo symptoms. Its minimalist design ensures that users can focus on essential information without distractions.
The app emphasizes simplicity and personalization, allowing users to log episodes, track progress, and celebrate symptom-free days. By providing analytics to identify potential triggers, Steady Path empowers users to take control of their condition and regain confidence in their daily lives. As a project built by someone with firsthand experience, it reflects a deep understanding of the challenges faced by those dealing with vertigo.
Available for iPhone.
Meniere’s Symptom Tracker
The Ménière’s Symptom Tracker app is a patient-focused mobile tool designed to help individuals systematically record and analyze their Ménière’s disease symptoms and potential triggers over time. It allows users to log vertigo episodes, tinnitus, hearing changes, and related factors such as diet (e.g., sodium), stress, sleep, medications, and lifestyle habits. The app also integrates environmental data, such as barometric pressure and weather, enabling users to explore potential correlations between external conditions and symptom flare-ups. Over time, it generates visual summaries (e.g., charts, calendars) and exportable reports that can be shared with healthcare providers to support clinical discussions. Overall, it functions as a structured symptom diary and pattern-recognition tool rather than a diagnostic or treatment platform. There is also a companion handbook that provides a structured 30-day method to help patients identify their personal pattern by tracking daily symptoms, exposures, and the 72-hour window before attacks.
Which App Should I Choose?
Each app has slightly different goals and features, and the look and feel are different. All are available to try for free, so we suggest you download each one and give it a try to see if it fits your needs.
